USAID will soon launch a multi-year project of up to $17 million to promote clean energy, said the US Embassy in Bangladesh today, a day after US President’s Special Envoy for Climate John Kerry’s visit to Dhaka. The project titled “Bangladesh Advancing Development and Growth through Energy” will work to expand Bangladeshs’ access to affordable…
The Supreme Court today stayed the High Court orders that prohibited the authorities concerned to evict 24 brick kilns having no valid licence in Chattogram, clearing the way for shutting them down. Chamber judge of the Appellate Division of the SC, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, passed the stay orders following eight separate leave to appeal…
The High Court today directed Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Wasa) to disconnect the water supply of those buildings dumping sewerage waste into Buriganga river within the next six months. Besides, the court heavily rebuked Managing Director of Dhaka Wasa Taqsem A Khan for supplying water to buildings which have no sewerage lines. For…
Department of Environment (DoE), Chattogram today demolished six brick kilns that were being illegally operated in Chattogram. Of the six kilns, three were demolished in Satkania upazila, two in Hathazari upazila and one in Patiya upazila. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. Zamir Uddin, deputy director of DoE Chattogram (district)…
Villagers and environmental lawyers urged the authorities to stop rampant underground water withdrawal by industries in Patiya upazila’s Habilasdwip union in Chattogram. They made the call from a human chain organised by Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association (BELA) in front of Habilasdwip Union Parishad today. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel.…
The Department of Environment (DoE Chattogram region) fined 22 brick kilns and a shipyard Tk 85.5 lakh for violating the environment conservation act. The fine was imposed on them after a hearing at DoE office in Khulshi of Chattogram. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News channel. Mohammad Nurullah Nuri, director of…
A joint drive of Department of Environment (DoE), Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) and Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) destroyed 50 machines used to extract stones illegally at Bichnakandi area of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila today. The drive, led by DoE, started around 12:00pm and concluded around 6:00pm, reports our Sylhet correspondent quoting Mohammed Amran Hossain, director of…
The High Court today directed Department of Environment (DoE) to take appropriate legal action against 30 washing plants in Dhaka’s Keraniganj for polluting water of the Buriganga river. The court also asked DoE to submit a report in seven days after complying with its directive. For all latest news, follow The Daily Star’s Google News…
The High Court has issued a status quo for three months on encroachment, land grabbing, earth filling and operating brick kilns on Bhadra and Hori rivers in Khulna’s Dumuria upazila. In response to a writ petition filed by Human Rights and Peace for Bangladesh (HRPB), the court yesterday ordered the authorities concerned of the government…
The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to shut down all illegal brick kilns still in operation in Chattogram within 14 working days to curb pollution. The HC also asked the authorities to submit a report to it after complying with the directives by March 14. For all latest news, follow…